Last one ....

last one for the series of messages my pastor had shared with us. this one is about marriage. i hope you have enjoyed, and hopefully been blessed by these. these messages have really changed my mind set!

Family: An Endangered Species Part 5 - Marriage

"Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, "is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason?" "Haven't you read,"he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female, and said "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two shall become on flesh? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together let man not separate." "Why then", they asked,"did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?" Jesus replied, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because your hearts were hard, But it was not this way from the beginning. I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, expect for marital unfaithfulness,and marries another woman commits adultery." The disciples said to him, "If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better to not marry."Matthew 19:3-10 NIV

• How can a man get out of marriage? there are no loop holes with God. instead of asking "how to get out of the marriage?" why not ask " what can God do to help us stay together permanently?
• Marriage in the eyes of God is not a contract, but a covenant! God doesn't break HIS promises to us, nor HIS covenants. we will not be blessed if we do so to HIM. contracts have a way out,usually. the only way out with God is a place of no peace and love, but forever torture and fire. my pastor asked this, "don't you want to be as close to HIM as you can be and have HIM in the center of your everything?"
• Only God can separate what HE has put together! i have mentioned in a few posts lately about friends of mine on both sides of adultery. the one who is married is holding on to everything possible to be back with her husband. she knows God, and knows that what her husband is doing is not God's will. she told me a few weeks ago,"I know this isn't God's will but HIS plan for us to be stronger." her faith isn't always this strong. she has her bad days; we all do. but i think of her everyday, and pray that God won't have to separate her and her husband.

i had to quickly summarize this one. i need to get back to work, but feeling the fresh air and cool breeze makes it so hard. i kind of wish i could do hair right here in the quite,fresh,calmness ...

UPDATE on life:

tuesday night, i worked late and ended up seeing crazy! aghhhhh! see post "past to present". everything went fine, or at least once i caught my breathe : )

tonight is family night at my house! i love my family, and tonight our extended family -T and her kids- are coming!

and we may find out today when the twins will be here! : )

also, maybe soon i'll have more info on the possibility of the tv show

until later, B